28 Days Later...

Rating: 8/10 (3 November 2005)

Danny Boyle, director of Shallow Grave, Trainspotting and The Beach, returned to the horror genre (after Shallow Grave) with a very scary and realistic story about survival. In a secret laboratory, a deadly virus has infected monkeys, and when they escape and spill their blood, humans turn like them, they become really angry maniacs, or the infected (zombies). 28 days later... (after the virus has spread) Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up in empty London, it looks like he's the only one left. He soon discovers that a few others are left alive after the evacuation, not all successful. Along with Selena (Pirates of the Caribbean's Naomie Harris), Hannah (Megan Burns), Mark (Noah Huntley, briefly) and Frank (Brendan Gleeson, briefly), they all head to a secured location where there is apparently a way to stop the virus. But there is much more than that going on. Also starring Doctor Who's Christopher Eccleston as Major Henry West, David Schneider as the Scientist and EastEnders' Ronny Ferraira, Ray Panthaki as Private Bedford. It was number 18 on The 100 Greatest Scary Moments. Very good!